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Woodrow Wilson and the Great War
True/False Quiz

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1 .       At the beginning of his administration, President Wilson pledged to raise the moral level of American diplomacy by dealing with Latin American nations on terms of equality and honor. [Hint]

 
 


2 .       World War I began in Europe in 1914 when diplomacy failed and German leaders decided to seize the French Alsace-Lorraine region by force. [Hint]

 
 


3 .       When World War I began, most Americans, basking in their traditional isolationism, did not care which side won the war. [Hint]

 
 


4 .       American attitudes toward World War I were most influenced by British and German propaganda. [Hint]

 
 


5 .       Between 1914 and 1916, American trade with the Allies grew enormously, but trade with the Central Powers actually declined. [Hint]

 
 


6 .       Fearing he might not win reelection in 1916, President Wilson decided to choose the still-popular Theodore Roosevelt as his running mate in the presidential election. [Hint]

 
 


7 .       In the 1916 presidential election, the leading issue was American policy toward the warring nations in Europe. [Hint]

 
 


8 .       By the time the United States entered World War I in 1917, the nation's military was well prepared for combat. [Hint]

 
 


9 .       When the United States entered World War I, the federal government initiated extensive regulation of the economy. [Hint]

 
 


10 .       When the United States entered World War I, farm income rose dramatically. [Hint]

 
 


11 .       During World War I, many African Americans left the South to take jobs in war-production factories in America's cities. [Hint]

 
 


12 .       In order to combat black cynicism that World War I was a "white man's war," President Wilson ordered the desegregation of American armed forces. [Hint]

 
 


13 .       For the most part, American liberals were satisfied with the terms of the peace treaty President Wilson returned from Paris with in 1919. [Hint]

 
 


14 .       When it became clear that the Senate was not going to ratify U.S. membership in the League of Nations, President Wilson tried to save the treaty with a last-minute compromise with the "mild" reservationists. [Hint]

 
 


15 .       To modify the impact of postwar demobilization and economic readjustment, President Wilson ordered the wartime controls and regulations kept in place until 1921. [Hint]

 
 






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